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It comes after another quake, of a magnitude 6.1, hit nearby on Sunday. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered 13 miles north-northeast of Hualien, a city of more than 100,000 on Taiwan's east coast. Local media reported a number of buildings had toppled with around 30 people trapped in the collapsed hotel. "At the time of publication, Taiwan had registered 19 earthquakes today, with all the tremors clustered around the same area off the coast of Hualien".

The last date for filing the nominations is 7 February. NDPP is yet to name candidates for three seats - Dimapur-II, Mongoya and Mokokchung Town. An election where the fight should have been seen and understood in terms of wooing the voters to cast their vote for the candidate of their political party has now become some sort of a bone of contention between those who stand by the "Solution before Elections" call and those who back the stand that the election is another way to take the talks ...

But the activists said they feared it would have a chilling effect on future protests because the five judges on the panel also said they endorsed the lower court's view that a new, tougher sentencing approach was needed for unlawful assemblies.

The Patriots' ability to find the right players to fit their needs is one the facets General Manager Bob Quinn has brought and intends to continue building for the Lions future. "Now I turn all of my attention to the Lions". In a statement issued by Patricia he says he is looking forward to the next chapter of his career in Detroit .

Light Up The Night was involved in a fatal crash in Ames, Iowa, during a snowstorm on Monday, February 5. "Given this unforeseen accident, and the fact that the safety and health of our cast and crew is of the utmost importance, tonight's show at Stephens Auditorium in Ames, Iowa, has been canceled", the statement said.

It appears to me and I'm very certain about it, that finally that a decision has been taken that the NEC must get rid of Jacob Zuma and they can not afford to have him deliver the state of the nation address.so we must welcome that this the end of Jacob Zuma.

Authorities in Missouri say five people died and dozens were injured after more than 650 crashes occurred on snow-covered roads. The Weather Channel noted that planes were grounded late on Sunday morning as a fast-moving weather system pushed snow and ice to the East.

Market experts said it represented the biggest fall ever recorded in a trading session for the Dow though it later closed 1,175 points or 4.6% lower. The Australian dollar also fell to 79 cents to the U.S. dollar. "If there is one thing stocks hate is a rising rate environment", wrote Paul Nolte, a senior vice president and portfolio manager at Kingsview Asset Management.

Zhu along with another Chinese national Ye Fan had come to the Neelum Colony opposite Zamama Park for shopping when "a lone assailant" fired volleys of indiscriminate gunfire at their vehicle from the front. He also directed CTD to register a first-information report of the killing. Sections of murder, attempt to murder and anti-terrorism have been included in the case.

The demolition took place near the settlement of Maaleh Adumim, in the 60 percent of the West Bank known as Area C that remains under full Israeli control. The attack came after the Israeli Government announcing plans to legalise an isolated outpost in the West Bank. Jarrar was the principal operative in the terrorist cell that perpetrated Rabbi's Raziel Shevach's murder on January 9 and was involved in other attempted and planned attacks, the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) said in a ...

Nassar was previously sentenced to 40 to 175 years in a different MI county for molesting seven girls and to 60 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography . Judge Janice Cunningham sentenced Nassar on Monday to between 40 and 125 years in prison. The 54-year-old Nassar has admitted that he molested girls and young women during his time also working at Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians.

A spokesperson for the Iraqi government told the Associated Press and Reuters Monday the process is still in early stages. The report said that it western contractors at the base say United States troops began the drawdown over the past week, with groups of soldiers leaving the base on daily flights.

The START treaty came into force in 2011 and extends for seven years, at the end of which each party should have no more than a total of 700 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) and strategic bombers, as well as no more than 1,550 warheads on deployed ICBMs, deployed SLBMs and strategic bombers, and a total of 800 deployed and non-deployed missile launchers.

Among Bradley-Martin's most notable achievements was helping to persuade China to take action against the illegal trade in horn and ivory, the Kenyan Star reported. In 1970 about 20,000 rhinos were in Kenya , but most had been eliminated by the 1990s, Mr. Martin told Nomad magazine previous year. "It's a very big loss for conservation", said Paula Kahumbu, chief executive of the elephant conservation group Wildlife Direct.

Salah Abdeslam is being tried for attempted murder and possession of weapons after a shoot-out with police in March 2016. That is a right which I have and my silence does not make me a criminal or guilty. "I came", said Abdeslam, who has been in prison near Paris awaiting trial in France over the attacks that killed 130 people there in November 2015.

In a statement issued in Damascus, the United Nations said a humanitarian crisis was unfolding in several parts of the country to which it was not being given access. The White Helmets said airstrikes targeting the village of Termala in Idlib on Tuesday killed three people. The Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday it had requested Turkey's assistance in obtaining debris of the Russian Su-25 jet downed by terrorists in the Syrian province of Idlib on February 3.

Various communities in the Middle East have FGM customs as well - Egypt and Yemen are among the most impacted ones . Internationally, this practice is condemned. Some see it as a rite of passage, others not. The Ministry will increase collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Foreign Affairs, Interior and Regional Integration to sensitize and educate citizens from the border areas and neighbouring countries through their Embassys and or High Commissions.

However, a judge at Westminster Magistrates Court said it remains valid. The court heard that the 46-year-old was suffering from a bad tooth, a frozen shoulder and depression because of his long stay in the embassy. The Metropolitan police says there is no longer a 24-hour police presence outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London . But London swiftly rejected the move.

People reported receiving the alerts in New York, Massachusetts, Florida, Louisiana, Texas and more. That warning was also meant to be a test message but was mistakenly sent as a real alert, setting off a panic. The message credited the National Weather Service. The thing is, it's only a test. When asked if these false messages are a concern or make it more hard to relay real information, Nocera said that sometimes, simply, mistakes happen - but test warnings are still an important tool.

President Donald Trump blasted Rep. Adam Schiff on Twitter on Monday morning, saying the top Democrat on a committee investigating him "Must be stopped!" It also asserts the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Justice Department , in their application to the FISA court, used media reporting to lend credibility to the dossier, which they failed to disclose was a political opposition document funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee .